blessedness
- noun
- /ˈblɛsɪdnəs/
- Endure all things in his name, that you may dwell in blessedness.
But, but there is that sense of of, of blessedness in there somewhere that doesn't go away.
- But, but there is that sense of of, of blessedness in there somewhere that doesn't go away.
- Well, you can call it God, you can call it blessedness with God, you can call it eternal life.
- That is eternal beatitude after death, of course, but you know, perhaps also in this life to some degree, some happiness, some blessedness.
Examples
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The saints are no better nor worse than us, and yet through God's generosity, they obtained pardon and blessedness.
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Many people seek blessedness through meditation and a deeper understanding of their spirituality.
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Our state of single blessedness.
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Get a cat and a parrot and live alone in single blessedness.
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Spinoza will describe this highest human good as "our salvation, or blessedness, or freedom."
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There is an alternative, for we can also fail to attain our destiny, our blessedness.
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And it must seem like blessedness to you to impress your hand on millennia as on wax.
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God shall be the whole delight and contentment of the holy city, living in Him and by Him, in wisdom and blessedness.
Academic text (2007) -
Then, out of the blue, in late December 1969, Willy had the vision that changed everything, the mystical encounter with blessedness that turned him inside out and set his life on an entirely different course.
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Faith affirms the sheer bliss enjoyed by the blessed dead within the divine life, but the character of that state of blessedness is as indescribable as the divine mystery that both causes and occludes this bliss.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
A feeling of pleasure and being satisfied
A strong feeling of great happiness
A thing or feeling that gives great pleasure
A feeling of being happy with what you have
A complete feeling of great happiness and peace
A feeling of being happy and satisfied with your life
A strong feeling of great happiness and contentment
A spiritual state in Buddhism and Hinduism of perfect peace and freedom from rebirth and suffering
A feeling of being happy and pleased
A strong feeling of happiness and excitement
A feeling of complete happiness
A state of complete happiness and calm
A feeling of complete happiness and calm
A state of being happy and growing as a person
A strong feeling of great happiness
A feeling of being satisfied and at ease with life
A state of complete spiritual happiness often felt in meditation
A deep feeling of calm and perfect happiness for one person
A strong feeling of complete peace and happiness
A very strong feeling of deep happiness
A strong feeling of great joy after success
A strong feeling of happy excitement that makes you smile
A very large amount of happiness
A feeling of great happiness and pleasure
A warm feeling of happiness and pleasure inside you
Great happiness and lively celebration with singing and dancing
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word blessedness comes from the verb bless, which long ago meant to make someone holy, often in a ceremony that used 'blood'. So blessedness is the state of being blessed, a deep, peaceful happiness people feel from spiritual or religious fulfillment.